Prison Quotes

1427 Prison quotes by 949 unique authors

The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and the king's eyes… — Megan Whalen Turner
The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison,… — Charles Dickens
Some times I think this whole world Is one big prison yeard Some of us are prisoners The rest of us are guards — Bob Dylan
We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back to being stone—crumbling… — Ekaterina Sedia
It turns out Dimitri had a friend, who had a friend, and despite the best security in the Moroi world, we managed to get into… — Richelle Mead
The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary… — Margaret Atwood
Security without liberty is called prison. — Benjamin Franklin
If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably… — Joe Bageant
Are there no prisons? — Charles Dickens
So, what, you got cigarette burns, too?" Gitanes said. Chip showed his palm, "It's nothing." "Self-inflicted. You pathetic American." "Different kind of prison" Chip said. — Jonathan Franzen
You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my… — Khalil Gibran
Happiness is the most insidious prison of all. — Alan Moore
There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But… — George Bernard Shaw
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people who work quietly… — C.S. Lewis
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. — Malcolm Gladwell
A life lived without forgiveness is a prison. — William Arthur Ward
Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison. — Catherine Fisher
The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have… — Max Lucado
To arrive is to be in prison. — Henri Matisse
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices. — Jean Vanier
You'd be surprised. Besides, they don't even send royal traitors to prison, Rose. Everyone knows that." I scoffed. "Are you insane? Of course they do.… — Richelle Mead
Naked in solitary prison cell he looks down at a hard-on. — Allen Ginsberg
Look, I promise I’m not psychotic. Eccentric and idiosyncratic, but not psychotic. (Sebastian) I’ll bet the prisons are full of men who have told women… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Xhex: John, she said softty. He paused and looked over his shoulder toward the bed. I love you.” His handsome face tightened in pain, and… — J R Ward
Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s… — John Flanagan

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